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Professor Beverley Skeggs | Sociology | 22 April 2013
There has been a great deal of interest in how capital has intervened in almost every area of life, leading some to propose new forms of capital eg ‘emotional capitalism’, and others to suggest that processes of valuation are now the majo ...
Professor James Nazroo | 08 April 2013
Centre on dynamics of ethnicity (code) will transform understanding of the patterning of ethnic inequalities, investigate how inequalities relate to the ways in which ethnic identities are perceived, acted upon and experienced, and provide the knowle ...
Professor Mike Savage | 01 April 2013
This professorial fellowship will elaborate relational perspectives on social stratification, in three phases of a year each. The first year will involve detailed studies of the bbc’s great british class survey a comprehensive web survey examin ...
Professor Lucinda Platt | Education | 01 April 2013
The millennium cohort study (mcs) is a unique, multidisciplinary research resource. Following the lives of over 19,000 children born across the uk around the turn of the millennium, it has collected information about and from them at ages nine months ...
Professor Antony Manstead | Social psychology | 18 March 2013
Formal education has a large influence on social status, and educational achievement is seen as a personal responsibility. The resulting status hierarchy could therefore be seen as legitimately based on individual achievement. Less educated people th ...
Dr Edward Ferrari | Social Policy | 11 March 2013
This project supports greater collaboration between housing researchers and practitioners. It seeks to achieve meaningful policy debate, practical action for research informed improvement to strategy and services, and a synergy that could help to und ...
Professor Andrew Steptoe | Psychology | 04 March 2013
There are major demographic shifts throughout the world and the absolute number and proportion of older adults is increasing rapidly not only in the uk and europe but also in middle income nations such as india and china. Promoting the well-being of ...
Dr Andrea Salvatori | Economics | 16 February 2013
Labour markets across europe have become increasingly polarised, as the number of bad (low-pay, low-skills) jobs and good (high-pay, high-skills) jobs has increased relative to mid-ranking jobs.
the aim of this research is to advance our knowl ...
Dr Devianee Keetharuth | Mental Health | 14 February 2013
The project comprises 4 main parts:
analysis of psychometric properties of the patient reported outcome measures (proms) data from patients with depression. This will be done using existing datasets and analyses will be carried out using advanced st ...
Professor Robert Walker | Social Policy | 01 February 2013
Helping to shape global conversations on poverty to 2015 and beyond: a shame-proofing toolkit. This project implements a multi-media, multi-agency dissemination and utilisation strategy developed from the findings of the esrc/dfid research project: s ...
Outputs
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Clare Payne | 14 May 2013 | No Lead Discipline | Degree/other honour
Clare payne was awarded her phd through her work on products for patients with dysphagia which was sponsored by mappmal.
Paula Moynihan | 08 May 2013 | No Lead Discipline | Impact Report
The outcome of the mappmal project is the 'hospitalfoodie' prototype for a food provision and nutritional management system for older hospital patients. Hospitalfoodie comprises nutritional management software/interfaces, a ‘mini-meals’ food trolley, ...
ANGIE ASH | 03 May 2013 | Social Work | Book
This book is about theory, policy and practice in the uk of safeguarding ('protecting') older people from abuse and mistreatment. It is aimed at those working with older people to support and safeguard them, policy-makers and politicians, and student ...
Maria Karanika-Murray | 29 April 2013 | Psychology | Impact Report
Project impact report
Lisa Methven | 28 April 2013 | No Lead Discipline | Dissemination / Communication
The mappmal exhibition was taken to the hca conference in order to both disseminate information and also to attract potential commerical partners to collaborate in taking parts of the prototype (hospitalfoodie) forward.
David Lain | 25 April 2013 | Social Policy | Impact Report
Population changes and workforce ageing are prompting a rethink of retirement by individuals, employers, governments and esearchers. Increasing life expectancy and delayed ill health create potential opportunities for many wanting to do paid or volun ...
Alastair Macdonald | 22 April 2013 | No Lead Discipline | Other publication/report
Article in innovation, the quarterly of the industrial designers society of america. Winter 2012: 39-42. Against the backdrop of the uk’s dynamically changing population demographic, its national health service (nhs) is faced with a number of ‘wicked ...
Kavita Datta | 18 April 2013 | Human Geography | Journal article
Feminist review is a peer reviewed, interdisciplinary journal setting new agendas for feminism
Andrew Simms | 17 April 2013 | Human Geography | Book
Climate change is currently presented by campaign groups and scientists as an impossibly daunting threat. On the face of it, it would seem we must make impossible sacrifices if we want to do our bit for the environment and lead more sustainable, less ...
Case Studies
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Case Study | 01 March 2013 | Business, General public, Policymakers, Press/media
Five datasets hosted by the economic and social data underpin the research evidence which uk and scottish governments are using for plans to reduce alcohol misuse.
Case Study | 02 November 2012 | General public, Policymakers, Press/media
Researchers at loughborough university have shown that self-help sleep management, based on the principles of cognitive behavioral therapy (cbt), can improve sleep quality and duration. The research team are now delivering cbt training for insomnia t ...
Case Study | 22 June 2012 | Academic, Business, General public, Policymakers, Press/media
Researchers at the university of leeds, carried out the largest study to date of the erotic dancing industry in the uk night-time economy to assess the realities of negative claims about the industry. Following co-operation with the researchers, loca ...
Case Study | 08 May 2012 | Academic, Business, General public, Higher education, Policymakers, Public sector, Schools
The uk government established sure start in 1999 to provide integrated early years services primarily targeted on disadvantaged groups. One of its main architects, norman glass of hm treasury, described it as "an outstanding example of evidence-based ...
Case Study | 05 March 2012 | Academic, Further education, Policymakers, Public sector
Homeless people with complex support needs – such as mental health and/or drug/alcohol problems – have become a policy priority in the uk because they are disproportionately ‘failed by’ or ‘resistant to’ existing interventions.
Case Study | 26 January 2011 | Business, General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools
Findings from the institute for fiscal studies' tax and benefit model of the uk had an important influence on the debate about abolishing the ten per cent income tax band.
Case Study | 26 January 2011 | Business, General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools
Findings from professor thomas scharf's research into older people and social exclusion has informed a charity campaign and encouraged co-operation between charity and community groups in manchester and liverpool.
Case Study | 26 January 2011 | Business, General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools
An environment law online resource is receiving more than 1,100 visitors per month, with most interest in issues around noise, waste and planning
Case Study | 26 January 2011 | Business, General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools
Findings from the research centre on micro-social change have informed policies against child poverty and reform of the uk tax system.
Case Study | 26 January 2011 | Business, General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools
Research from the centre for market and public organisation has been referenced in government strategy papers and informed us anti-poverty strategy.
Features
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Feature | 23 May 2013 | General public, Press/media, Schools
People with dementia can still make decisions in their everyday lives, and with support from partners can continue to do so as their condition advances, research from the esrc suggests.
Feature | 07 May 2013 | General public, International, Policymakers, Press/media
A study supported by the esrc and the department for international development presents some surprising results of the controversial zimbabwean land reform - and challenges five particular myths.
Feature | 22 April 2013 | General public, International, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools
More pressure at work, increased job insecurity and less trust in political institutions are some of the impacts of the recession, according to a new report from the european social survey.
Feature | 19 April 2013 | General public, Press/media, Schools
New research has established a definite link between the physical condition synaesthesia and the capacity for feeling empathy. Brain scans show that the 'social brain' not directly affected by test stimuli is being activated.
Feature | 05 April 2013 | General public, Press/media, Schools
A comparison of bangladeshi women living in cardiff and in bangladesh shows poorer health among those living in cardiff, with considerably more obesity. A less active lifestyle and a more unhealthy diet are the main reasons.
Feature | 27 March 2013 | Business, General public, Schools
New esrc- funded research shows that if you live in an isolated rural area you are likely to concentrate better than if you live in a city.
Feature | 19 March 2013 | General public, Press/media, Schools
When life spans increase, people become more concerned with their rights, pushing societies towards democracy, argues tim dyson of the london school of economics. While this demographic transition has taken 200 years in europe, china might be through ...
Feature | 21 February 2013 | General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools
The dispensing of mood-altering drugs to older people in northern ireland increase after they move into care homes, according to research at the centre of excellence for public health northern ireland, co-funded by the esrc.
Feature | 14 February 2013 | Business, General public, Press/media, Schools
The recession has had a profound impact on britain's workplaces - but findings from the workplace employment relations study show that parts of working life have actually improved since the survey was last conducted in 2004.
Feature | 12 February 2013 | Business, General public, Press/media, Public sector, Schools
The sixth workplace employment relations study, co-funded by the esrc, reveals that the tough economic climate has led to pronounced increases in workload and working hours for many employees in britain.
Press Releases
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Press Release | 08 May 2013 | Academic, General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools, Voluntary sector
New research funded by the economic and social research council (esrc) reveals why some children are badly affected by negative family conflicts while other children survive without significant problems.
Press Release | 18 April 2013 | Academic, Business, General public, Policymakers, Press/media
People with depression often feel their life is out of control. Research funded by the economic and social research council (esrc) suggests that these feeling may be caused by subtle changes in the way depressed people perceive time and process their ...
Press Release | 14 January 2013 | Academic, Business, General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Public sector, Voluntary sector
With reports of abuse in care settings rising, it has never been more vital that staff are trained to provide the highest standards of care to vulnerable people. For this reason cornwall council enlisted the help of esrc-funded researchers from plymo ...
Press Release | 07 December 2012 | Academic, Business, General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Voluntary sector
The health benefits of 'water clubs' in care homes for the elderly owe as least as much to the social nature of the activity as to the value of drinking water itself, an investigation by psychologists and funded by the economic and social research co ...
Press Release | 06 November 2012 | Academic, Policymakers, Press/media, Schools
‘social medicines’ are beneficial to the health and wellbeing of individuals and the population. By combining social and biological information from uk longitudinal studies (life-course studies) researchers have identified that the more ‘social medic ...
Press Release | 01 October 2012 | Academic, Business, General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Public sector, Voluntary sector
A world-leading initiative which brings together some of the most important studies of people’s lives in the uk, has been launched today by the economic and social research council (esrc) and the medical research council (mrc).
Press Release | 17 August 2012 | Academic, Business, General public, Policymakers, Press/media
Insomnia sufferers in england could have greater access to successful treatment, thanks to a training programme developed as part of trials of cognitive behaviour therapy for insomnia (cbti), funded by the economic and social research council (esrc). ...
Press Release | 25 June 2012 | Academic, Business, International, Policymakers, Press/media
World experts in social, biological and medical science will today (monday 25 june 2012) in edinburgh to discuss how they can cooperate to improve our understanding of the way behaviours and life experiences influence how our genetic inheritance is e ...
Press Release | 03 February 2012 | Academic, General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Public sector, Voluntary sector
Older people feel that their health problems pose a challenge to their sense of independence, dignity and identity and sometimes the health care they are given makes things worse
Press Release | 14 December 2011 | Academic, Business, General public, Policymakers, Press/media, Voluntary sector
Older people and those who work non-standard hours are less likely to feel integrated into society, according to a study funded by the economic and social research council (esrc)
